US8108954B2ExpiredUtilityA1

Portable spa

Assignee: LAU VINCENT W SPriority: May 23, 2005Filed: Sep 20, 2010Granted: Feb 7, 2012
Est. expiryMay 23, 2025(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
A61H 2201/0161A61H 33/027A61H 2201/0157E04H 4/0025E04H 4/129A61H 2201/0107A61H 2201/0103A61H 33/02
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Claims

Abstract

A spa pool assembly has a pool having an enclosing wall and a base that together defines an interior. The base has a plurality of inflatable sections that are divided by a plurality of air passages that includes a first air passage that has a plurality of small bubble openings, and a second air passage that has a plurality of large bubble openings. The small bubble openings eject bubbles that are smaller in size than the bubbles ejected from the large bubble openings. The spa pool assembly can also include a bubble controller that controls the ejection of bubbles from the small bubble openings and the large bubble openings.

Claims

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1. A portable spa pool assembly, comprising:
 a pool having a planar base and a vertical enclosing wall extending from the base, the base and enclosing wall together defining an interior; 
 the base having a plurality of inflatable sections that are divided by two perpendicular air passages and surrounded by two concentric rings of air passages; 
 wherein the two concentric rings of air passages includes an outer air passage ring and an inner air passage ring, with the outer air passage ring having a plurality of large bubble openings and the inner air passage ring having a plurality of small bubble openings; 
 wherein the two perpendicular air passages includes a first air passage and a second air passage that intersect each other, with the first air passage having a plurality of large bubble openings and the second air passage having a plurality of small bubble openings; and 
 wherein the small bubble openings eject bubbles that are smaller in size than the bubbles ejected from the large bubble openings. 
 
     
     
       2. The assembly of  claim 1 , further including a bubble controller that controls the ejection of bubbles from the small bubble openings and the large bubble openings. 
     
     
       3. The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the two concentric rings of air passages extend around a periphery of the base. 
     
     
       4. The assembly of  claim 1 , further including an air hose that delivers air from outside the pool to the air passages, the air hose extending partially inside the enclosing wall and being coupled to a U-shaped section extending outside the enclosing wall at a vertical level that is higher than the top of the enclosing wall. 
     
     
       5. The assembly of  claim 4 , further including first and second bubble hoses extending inside the enclosing wall and fluidly coupled to the air passages. 
     
     
       6. The assembly of  claim 4 , further including a bubble controller that controls the ejection of bubbles from the small bubble openings and the large bubble openings, with the bubble controller being part of the U-shaped section. 
     
     
       7. The assembly of  claim 1 , further including:
 a water circulation control unit positioned outside the pool, the control unit having a first tubing coupled to the control unit and extending through the enclosing wall into the interior of the pool, and a second tubing coupled to the control unit and extending through the enclosing wall into the interior of the pool. 
 
     
     
       8. The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the enclosing wall is inflatable. 
     
     
       9. The assembly of  claim 5 , further including a bubble controller having a chamber to which the air hose, the first bubble hose and the second bubble hose are connected, the bubble controller including a dividing wall that divides the chamber to control the flow of air from the air hose into one or both of the bubble hoses. 
     
     
       10. The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the air passages divide the plurality of inflatable sections into four inflatable sections. 
     
     
       11. The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the perpendicular air passages intersect at the centers of the air passages. 
     
     
       12. The assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the bubble controller has a selector dial that is turned to one of three settings, a first setting where only small bubbles are ejected from the small bubble openings, a second setting where only large bubbles are ejected from the large bubble openings, and a third setting where large and small bubbles are ejected.

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